MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
all around the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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